Cervical has multiple meanings in the human body. The word cervix is derived from the Latin root word cervix which means neck. For this reason, the word cervical pertains to many areas where tissues narrow to a neck-like passage, and not only in your neck.
Cay /cay/ [1 syll.] as a name for girls is of Greek derivation, and Cay means pure. Cay is a variant transcription of Catherine (Greek): from katharos. Cay is also a derivative of Katherine (Greek).
The Cay is a children's novel written by Theodore Taylor. It was published in 1969. The Cay took only three weeks to complete. Taylor based the character of the boy in his book on a child who was aboard the Hato, when it was torpedoed, who drifts out to sea on a lifeboat. The novel was published in 1969 and dedicated to Martin Luther King, Jr. 1 Plot.